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I Mg ELLIS. 1 miusm APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1911.

1,061,276. Patented May 13,1913.

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THERESA MARY ELLIS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BRUSH.

To all whom itmu l concern Be it known that I, Tl-IERESA Manv ELIAS, asubject of the King of Great Britain, residing at London, England, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in the Mannfacture of Brushes,of'which the following is a specification.

The im rovements which form the subject of tie present invention aremore especially applicable to the manufacture of brushes such as areemployed in the combination outfits which are intended for use in theblacking and polishing of boots, shoes, and the like, but suchimprovements may also be applied to brushes for other purposes.

The object of the invention is to lessen the cost of manufacture of suchbrushes, and also to produce a more elegant and durable article.

It has already been proposed to employ a separate metal bristle platefor insertion stock, and such plates have been provided withperforations to form burs on the inside, to pre vent the bristles beingdrawn through by the retaining wire. But according to my pmsentinvention I construct the base or stock of the brush of sheet metalstamped into a particular form so as toprovide a convenient means ofattachment for the varii ious parts forming the said combination out t.

In order that m invention may be clearly understood I wil proceed todescribe the same with the aid of the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a brush constructed in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 1 is a detailed view in section of a modifiedform; Fig. 2 a transverse section of the form shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a side view of same; Fig. 4 a plan view of the back of the brushwith the polishing pad and box removed; and Figs. 5 and 6 enlargeddetail views of modifications of the tuft fastenings.

Similar letters of reference relate to like parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

The base or stock of the brush is constructed from a blank of anysuitable sheet metal or alloy of the reguired shape the edge of which isturned own or stamped flange a of a depth. corre- Specltloatlon ofLetters Patent. Application filed July 26. 1911. Serial No. 640.569.

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spomling more or less to the thickness of the wooden base or stockordinarily employed.

In the flat base or stock I) I pierce or punch holes and draw or pressout the metal into eyelets or short ferrules 0 (see Figs. 1, E2 and 4-)into which the bristles (l are tixcd by wire threading in the ordinaryway as shown for example at c in Fig. 4, or they may be secured in placein any other suit-- able manner. Grooves f are formed in the sideportions of the flange a for the fingers in the manipulation of thebrush, and for the reception, where such is employed, of a sheath orguard such for example as is shown and described in the specification ofa British patent granted to me and hearing date the 21st August. 1908.No. 17583. The edge of the flange a may c turned inward as shown at g soas to form, in combination with the upper inner portion of the fingergrooves f, a channel or groove to receive the cardboard, wood, metal, orother base or backing h of the polishing pad 2'. The inner curved end ofthe base or backing b, may be further supported by an inserted strip orledge 72, or by one or more indents 72* (Fig. 1) in that portion of theflange a.

The flange a may in some cases be discontinued at one end of the base orstock I) as may be seen clearly in Figs. 3 and 4, thereby leaving anopening for the reception of the box or tin j of olishing paste, asuitable stop In (Fig. 1) eing provided in order to u'event the sald boxor tin 3' being ushed in too far. Or a similar stop k" may lie bent upfrom the metal base or stock I), or be attached thereto in anyconvenient manner. The box or tin 9' may be further secured in place bythe pressure thereupon of the over \angmg portion of the base h of thepad i which may be bent or so shaped as to exert suflicient frictionupon the box or tin j to prevent undue movement thereof. Or the ox ortin j may be clipped or held in place against its stopby the spring-likeaction upon its sides of the two ends of the flange a as shown in Fig.4. The box or tin 51' may be provided or not with a lid as may bepreferred. and if no lid is em loyed the contents thereof may be covereand preserved by the overhan mg portion of the base it of the pad 2', ory the metal or other covering at of the irregular butt ends of the l)1lSiilB S}" "(lint :th at end oft the"? brush The cavity- -o may ifl'esired beutiliZed for-the reception of other boxesor like articles.

'1 ie modifications"illustrated in Figs. i 5 and 6 facilitate thewiringof the tufts of bristles d in a regular manner,the1beforeaientioned eyelets or ferrules c in'tlie first instance arePIOSSOd'OlItOflI base plate 6 and are each provided with holes, intheirwallsthrough which holes the wire is threaded, the inner end wallformiin a stop'against which thebntt of the tuft is drawn by the wire-c;or as shown in the second instance, separately formed eyelets cf inayvbe enilq-ecl, the eyblet'being' retainedsinitliehole in the baseib] of,the: brnshi by beading 'I,or' swaging the 'e'dgefc over in tlie wellknown manner. Y i ii It'will be obvious that these methodsof manufacturemaybe applied to all sorts of la'nshes'; that the stock, base and handlemay be'wli'oll of metal, or the metal base b may be fixed' n anyconvenient manner toa wooden backing or able material,

1. Inn-brush, i ncoinbiii'atioma one-piece -metal stock. consisting of abase. and up-:. 1

' Intestimony whereof I handle of'nuy o h suit? -ward1 y}e. ;ten'c liiigend and side flanges, bristleslse'cured to said base, said side flangeshaving inwardly-bent portions intermediate the r upperan lower edges toform fin 'cr grooves, said fian es being provided at Jil- Tcent theirupper et ges with a back-receiving groove and a back supported in saidbackreceiving roove.

s 2. In a rush, in ci'iinbination, a -onepiece metal stock consisting ofa base and upwardly-extending end and side flanges, l)l'lS-' tlessecured to said base, said side flanges havingiiiwardlv-bent portionsintermediate their upperant loweredges to form linger grooves,the-uppercdges of said flanges be-- in'gEbentlinwardly. whereby theinwardlybent edges of the side flanges willrforin with saidfirst-mentioned inwardly-bent portions back-receivin grooves, and a backsupported in said-bat: t-receiving grooves.

have signed my nameto this specification in the-presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

THERESA MARY ELLIS.

Witnesses:

HERBERT D, J Amnsou, \VILLIAM ANDERSON SMITH.

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